Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 17:59:33 -0400 From: "leegold" <leegold@erols.com> To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ques: partition, slice, disk label, mounting point Message-ID: <001801bfc439$04272f00$37e17ad1@leegold1> References: <001601bfc3a1$f687a920$5edf7ad1@leegold1> <39298D57.955E8300@3-cities.com>
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> leegold wrote: > > I've read tons of stuff on the web. still trying to understand the basics of > > the FreeBSD installation. maybe if anyone could explain the following term, > > concepts it would make a dent: > > disk labeling (vs. slices, partitions, mounting points ). > > slices, (vs partitions, what's the difference). > > mounting points. > > how dirs (eg. \ ) are mounted to the partitions ( or is it slices ), why, > > how, when? > > The \ concept has to go. It is now the way it was originally > developed. Microsoft just didn't understand that the / key was easier > to get to than the \ key was. scuse me i meant / (the root dir) - how embarrassing. > > It will be hard to talk to someone outside of the FreeBSD community > about FreeBSD terminology. just elaborating on the generic unix definations for these terms would be fine but i got some good info out of you response - thanks! ...snip...... > > There is a lot to learn. That's one reason why i'm tackling fbsd - that glorious learning curve + i want to break my m$ addiction. thanks again. > > Have fun, > > Kent To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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